Cornus (Aveyron)

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Cornus
Coat of arms of Cornus
Cornus (France)
Cornus
region Occitania
Department Aveyron
Arrondissement Millau
Canton Causses-Rougiers
Community association Larzac et Vallées
Coordinates 43 ° 54 '  N , 3 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 54 '  N , 3 ° 11'  E
height 496-887 m
surface 92.74 km 2
Residents 524 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 6 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 12540
INSEE code
Website http://www.cornus-aveyron.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) by Cornus

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Cornus (the same name in Occitan ) is a place and a municipality in the south of France with 524 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region (previously Midi-Pyrénées ). Belmont-sur-Rance belongs to the Arrondissement of Millau and the canton of Causses-Rougiers (until 2015: canton of Cornus ). The inhabitants are called Cornusols .

location

Cornus is located about 22 kilometers south-southeast of Millau in the southwest of the historic Rouergue province . Cornus is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon in the north and north-west, La Couvertoirade in the east and north-east, Les Rives in the east and south-east, Romiguières in the south, Le Clapier in the south and south-west, Fondamente in the west and south-west and Saint -Beaulize in the west.

The A75 autoroute runs through the northeast of the municipality .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 540 513 510 434 345 364 493 505
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Dolmen
  • Burial cave
  • 19th century Church of Cornus
  • Canals Church
  • Church of La Bastide-des-Fonts
  • protestant church
  • Sorgues Castle from the 15th century
  • Remains of the tower of Aiguillon
  • Canals mansion

Web links

Commons : Cornus  - collection of images, videos and audio files